Taphonomic comparison between Recent and fossil sand dollars

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 349-358

  Nebelsick, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clypeasteroids; Echinoids; Encrustation; Miocene; Predation; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

EID: 0033151819     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00211-9     Document Type: Article

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